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Podcast: Addressing Patient Resistance
to Medication Assisted Treatment
Handouts for Patients Now Available on PCSS

Medication-assisted treatment is widely accepted treatment for patients with opioid use disorders. Still, patients have many reasons, spoken and unspoken, to be reluctant to start this potentially life-saving treatment.

On this podcast, Ashley Braun-Gabelman, PhD, discusses the importance of addressing this resistance and why it’s important to explore this barrier to treatment head on. The patient and family materials Dr. Braun-Gabelman mentions during the podcast are available for download here.

Dr. Braun- Gabelman is a clinical psychologist in Addiction Recovery Services at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She specializes in the treatment of substance use and co-occurring disorders including major depression, anxiety disorders, and PTSD. [ Listen to Podcast ]
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American Society for Pain Management Nursing Archived Webinar:
Beyond the Opioids: What Matters Most to People Who Visit Emergency Departments for Pain-Related Complaints

Presenter(s): Marian Wilson, PhD, MPH, RN-BC, Washington State University and Terence McCarthy, MD, Head of Emergency Medicine, Vice Chair Clinical Sciences at Texas Christian University and University of North Texas Medical School

Webinar description: The webinar will share results from a recent research study which explored relationships between opioid prescribing practices and patient satisfaction scores among patients with high utilization of the emergency department for pain relief. Practical hands-on skills for healthcare workers  ... [ Learn more ]
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NIH HEAL Initiative to Address Opioid Crisis through Research
The National Institutes of Health kicked off its HEAL initiative (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) to address the opioid crisis, with the announcement last month of several bold research projects across NIH. The HEAL initiative will focus on two main areas: improving opioid addiction treatments and enhancing pain management to prevent addiction and overdose. [Learn more]
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Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant nos. 5H79TI025595-03, 5U79TI026556-02 and 3U79TI026556-02S1 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.